Hog-yoke.



1. H. FARMER.

HOG YOKE.

APPLICATION HLED MAR.9.19:8.

Patented May14,1918.

Suoi/naw TED sTATEs "PATENT onirica.

JAMES `HENRY FARMER, or sToNEWALL, OKLAHOMA.

HOG-YOKE.

Specification ofV Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 191s.

`Application led March 9, 1918. Serial No. 221,521.v

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs H. FARMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stonewall, in; the county of Pontotoc and State of Oklahoma, have invented vcertain new and useful ImprovementsA in Hog- Yokes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. y

This invention relates to hog yokes and has for its primary object to provide a very simple and effective device especially designed for application to hogs or other small domestic. animals which will prevent rooting and also render 1t impossible for the anlmal to work its head under the fence bounding the inclosure".`

It is a more particular object of my invention to provide an animal yyoke'for the above purpose which may be easily and quickly applied or removed, and which it will, when properly fastened -in operative position, be impossible .to displace or remove by the efforts ofthe animah It is also a `further general object of the invention to provide an animal yoke entirely constructed of wire and which is therefore capable of being manufactured at small cost as well as being durable and serviceable in practical use. y Y t With the above and other objects in view the invention consists `in the improved combination, construction and relative arrange- Vment of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, subsequently claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my v improved hog yoke applied to the animal;

' AFig. 2 is `an elevation showing the yoke fragmentary elevathe y a-relatively rigid arm or extension projecting above the yoke proper. At the upper end of this twisted portion, a loop slightly bent or curved forwardly as shown at 7 is formed In spaced relation to the lower endof the twisted portion 6 the` body of the wireis bentupon itself to provide a horizontally disposed' elongated loop 8 and the terminal lof the wire yextended from the twisted portion 6 thereof is bent to form an eye-9 having loose sliding engagement upon one side of this loop. It will be noted that 'normally the eye9 is disposed some distance within the loop 8 in spaced relation to its open end. From the loop 8 the wire is laterally extended andbowed as at 10 to form one side of the yoke. At the lower side of the yoke 5, the middle port-ion of the wire is twisted as at 11 and downwardly eX- tended to form an arm or projection, the

lower rend of which is forwardly curved as at 12. From the twisted portion 11 of the wire the other end portion thereof is laterallyV bowed o-r curved as atv 13 in opposed relation to the bowed portion 10 to form. the other side of the yoke, and thek other terminal of the wire at the upper end .f of .the bowed portion 13 is bent to provide a latch `hook 14. This latch hook is adapted to be inserted upwardly through the lop 8, the eye 9 being first urged towardthe open end of the loop. Upon the release of pressure ,on the eye 9, it will return to its normal position and force the bill of the hook v14 over the-closed end of the loop 8; Thus the yoke is'securely closed at its upperside and opening of the same by accident or the efforts of Athe animal to relieve itself of the yoke Ais vobviated.

In connection with the yoke 5 I also use a ring or girdle shown at 15. This ring is adapted to surround the body of the animal "just rearwardly of the forelegs and the terminals of the ring are provided with hooks 16l adapted for engagement through the eye 18 formed in one end of a wire rod 17. The

hook bills are then tightly clenched and closed to prevent disconnection of the wire 17 from the ring 15. The other end of this wire which extends along the neck of the animal, is also provided with a hook 19 which is engaged through the terminal eye 9 of the yoke wire, and then closed.

Having applied the device to a hog or other animal as seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing, the arms or extensions 6 and 11 formed Ithe restraining influence of fthe device.

prevent rearward shifting movement yof the yoke upon the animals neck, whilethe connecting vire l5 will serve to prevent for- .Ward angular movement of the yoke. It will thus be apparent that I have devised a yoke for domestic animals which Will be very effective and reliable -for the purpose in vieu'. My improved latch means fi'or the yoke as above described, enables the operator yto very veasily and quickly apply the device yto the .neck of the animal or removed therefrom, While at the same time lthe yoke can not be readily opened by pressure against -the sides thereof as might be occasioned `in the vefforts of the animal to relieve itself of Of course it is apparent that the '-yoke may be yconstructed'in a variety of sizes for application to -large or small animals. It can however, oxving to the fact that it is entirely constructed of Wire, be produced at compara- ,tively sm all cost.

lVhile I have vherein shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement oi' the several parts of the device, it is to be understood that the same are susceptible of .considerable modification and I therefore reserve the Iprivilege of adopting all such legiti- `matechanges as may be fairly yembodied in the spirit and l,scope of the invention as v claimed.

Iclaim: il. An animal yoke comprising a length I of wire bent to provide the opposed sides of lthe yoke, one side of the yoke being extended and formed into an open loop, one terminal of the Wire having an eye therein slidable upon one side of said loop, the opposite side of the yoke terminating at one end in a hook .for engagement through said loop, and said eye coaoting with said hook to retain the same in locked engagement with the loop.

2. An animal yoke comprising a length of Wire bent to provide the opposed sides of the yoke, one side of the yoke being extended and formed into an open loop,.one terminal of the Wire having an eye therein slidable .vuponone side'oll said loop, the opposite side of the yoke terminating at one end in a hook for engagement through `said loop, said eye being-urgedby the inherent resiliency of the wire toward `the closed vend of the loop and lcoacting with said liook to retain the hook in locked .engagement with lthe loop.

3. A11 animal yoke comprising a length of.

orenaefement tlirou h said loo said e el coaoting yWith the hook to yieldingly urge the hook bill over zthe closed end of the loop.

4. An animal yoke comprising a yoke proper formed from a single length-.of Wire bent to provide the opposite sides of the yoke, and .farms extending above and below the neck engaging portions of the Wire, said Wire terminatingat one of its ends in an eye, a Wire girdle adapted to be engaged about `the body Voi? the animal irearwardly of the forelegs, and a Wire connected at one of its ends to said terminal .eye of the yoke Wire and connected at itsiother end to said girdle Wire.

In testimony ywhereof I hereuntoafliX my signature in the presence ottavo Witnesses.

JAMES HENRY FARMER.

Witnesses:

J. D. CRAWFORD, Mrs. vCOLLIER REID.

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Washington, D. C. 

